For my next book, I'm assembling plants to profile that offer big flowers in dry climates. My book will be a sexy introduction to the most colorful plants for the western states to assuage losses to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most scientists today agree that North America has four distinct desert regions: the Great Basin, ...

"I want to keep bees." she said. "What plants should I grow for them here? This simple question is challenging in the desert because it's hard to grow traditional "pollinator" flowers in our climate.

So many beautiful blooms are coming in from our readers with some interesting stories to tell about each of them and why they are special. The first one we want to tell you about is from Jane Koepke ...

"We recently visited the native American ruins Hovenweep in the southeast corner of Utah. It amazes me that in the extreme heat and dry conditions in the desert that there is still beautiful flora to ...

A ‘super bloom’ may be in the eye of the beholder, but the winter’s rain and snow promises a bumper crop of spring blooms in Southern California and Arizona. Rancher’s fireweed at Carrizo Plain ...

You might have been driving around Tucson these last few weeks and noticed our beloved saguaros have been sporting new hairdos. No, they're not growing baby avocados at the crown of their heads. These ...

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally ...

If you've spent years around manicured lawns in Southern California or lush Florida, you believe gorgeous green grass is part of the Bill of Rights. Maintaining the American dream of luxuriant front ...